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Ok, I solve my problem. I install Ubuntu mini 9.04 from scratch and now my xserver is working correctly. Than I install the newest developer release of xbmc and it doesnt work. So I go back to the official version 9.04.1.
Regards Jarny
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Made some minor fixes to the guide per suggestions, thank you to all who commented.
I only hope this guide has helped you in some way.
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Can someone please explain simply why this method is better than:
a) Installing XBMC Live to HDD?
b) Installing using the Guide mentioned a few posts above?
c) Installing a full Ubuntu and then XBMC.
I'm guessing the Lite install is faster but can it do anything else other than XBMC?
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No one said it was better, it's just an alternative.
My guide is very similar to the guide in the wiki, which I guess is the "official" guide. For awhile the wiki guide was broken while mine still worked.
I created this guide when there was no official xbmc minimal linux install guide. When the guide in the wiki was created, it was very similar to mine, with the exception of some custom tweaks to make it more like XBMC live.
This guide is designed to run xbmc and only xbmc, of course if you want to do other things with it, be my guest. One of the best parts of running xbmc on linux is customizing it to what you want.
And yes, a minimal install is faster then a full desktop install.
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Hopefully someone can help here.
I followed the instructions in this tutorial and everything worked great except for one area. When I went to run alsamixer, I had Master volume but I didn't have PCM listed anywhere.
I have set in XBMC that the audio output device and passthrough output device should be HDMI. I know the port is working because I can get audio when I'm running Windows 7.
I'm using a Zotac IONITX-A-U with NVIDIA driver 185. I tried updating alsa via the wiki but it looks like that location doesn't exist anymore. Anyone know what I might be missing to get audio through HDMI?
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One (possibly stupid) question: I used to update weekly on my xbox with new builds. Once installed per this how-to, how do you upgrade to the next xbmc SVN version?
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indeed that is what I added. The "missing link" for me is what command to use to update the existing xbmc install in the terminal (the obvious is of course right under my nose...)